STRUCTURE OF NWPL COMMISSION

The Commission comprises five (5) persons

1. three elected by NWPL Clubs
2. two nominated by AWPI

BACKGROUND

The three members of the Commission elected by clubs are Philip Bower, Warren Hawtin and Danielle Woodhouse. Philip Bower retires after two years and is eligible for re-election.
The two Commissioners nominated by AWPI, John Birch and Chris Harrison, remain.

NWPL Clubs are invited to nominate one NWPL Commissioner as per 1.1 above. Clubs may nominate as many persons for the positions as they wish. Please note that all nominations must be seconded by a NWPL Club Delegate. The nomination form will ask the nominating Clubs to provide an email address of the nominee so that verification can be obtained from the nominee that they accept the nomination. The nomination form will seek a brief resume of the nominee which will be circulated with the voting papers if a vote is necessary.

Nominations close 5.00pm EST Friday 24 July 2009.

If the number of nominees does not exceed one, no voting will be required. Voting papers will be distributed via email along with resumes of the candidates to all NWPL Club Delegates. All nominees will be listed on the ballot paper with the instruction to number ALL candidates in preference 1 through to "x" where "x" is the number of candidates. Each candidate must have a number against the name of the nominee for a valid vote. Each NWPL Club Delegate will have one vote per team. Clubs with two teams will be sent two ballot papers enabling a different vote between teams.

Voting closes 5.00pm EST Friday 7 August 2009.

Votes must be returned to the Returning Officer no later than 5.00pm EST Friday 7 August 2009. Votes must number all candidates in numerical preference, starting at #1. Ballot papers that do not numerically indicate a vote for every candidate will be deemed to be invalid. The lowest ranked candidate will be eliminated and their second preference will be distributed, this process followed until one candidate is elected. NWPL Club Delegates will be advised of the successful candidates on Monday 10 August 2009 by email. Tenure will take effect at the NWPL Forum.

RETURNING OFFICER

Peter Hobday, NWPL General Manager, will be the Returning Officer. All correspondence relating to this matter should be addressed to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me.

Peter Hobday
General Manager NWPL
03 6216 8999
0408 39 33 11

Click here to download nomination form